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are white with brown shaft-streaks. The 

 axillaries are white with a few brown 

 mottlings, and the under wing-coverts are 

 white, very irregularly barred with brown. 

 Length about 8| ; wing 4^ ; tail 2 ; 

 bill i|. The bill is horn-colour, becoming 

 black towards the tip; the irides are 

 brown ; the legs and toes are pale olive- 

 green. Weight up to 35 oz., according to 

 Mr. Booth ; but the heaviest bird re- 

 corded by Messrs. Hume and Marshall 

 only weighed 2\ oz. The tail is com- 

 posed of twelve ordinary soft feathers, 

 which, however, are rather narrow and 

 pointed. 



